And maybe that's the whole point of my thread here. I hope the Senate exceeds my expectations tonight. But if they don't, don't blame a party. Blame the institution, and those members who have put the interests of Senators over the interests of the American people. And demand better.

*salute* Wrote out to my own Senators in California on Social Media. Thank you, @ariellaelm.bsky.social!

As another option: I highly recommend Ricola Herb Tea (it’s the best throat coat tea I have ever used).

My recommendation: Your boundaries set ahead of time, clear terms laid out, and he needs to engage you in good faith.

Anything that doesn’t remotely resemble this model of engagement would likely lead to a bad experience.

The core issue with hyper-reactive culture online and discourse related to these topics is that the deeper you go, the more personal and lizard-brain activating it gets.

He wasn’t going to change his take because it was only personal and ranty at that point. Disengagement, at that point, was 👍

I believe the issue here now is these are his personal feelings, and he is only acting-out on them rather than reflecting whatsoever.